Rob wrote:how worried are you the useful girl in your team will leave altogether, nevermind the Mat Leave?

Are the useless people on your team just shit in general, or shit compared to her? Like if she left, would you imagine her replacement would probably still be better than them?

Would she slot into your role should you leave?

There are only 2 others on our "side" of the team. One is borderline retarded. The other is very, very new and has such a heavy italian accent, that even the Italian on the other side can't understand him half the time. I get about 10% when he's speaking English.

But the Polish one is really fed up. And has funnily enough applied for a role in the same team as I am considering moving to. I think she has cooled on the idea of moving judging from a chat I had with her on Friday. But I wasn't 100% convinced.

Personally, I think she'd probably do a better job that me, if she was given the opportunity, but the weasel department head has no faith in her at all. Hence her frustration.

what sort of guarantees do you hvae to move closer to the officer position if you stay? you could ask for a timeline

dont really know alot about what you do, but if they really wanted you to stay, you could demand a new team and a change in the processes that are frustrating you and the promotion in sep in writing (depends what type of place you work for whether this 'in writing' would really matter). even a route around the dept heads that are wrecking your head

if it doesn't work out it's not the end of the world to take a step back or sideways. i did it at some point and found myself much happier in the new place and role

There's no timeline for the next officer promotion, it all depends on a multitude of things. A mate who started the same month as I did (at entry level) got it about 5 years ago. But he's a superstar. A girl that sits near me, is pretty decent at here job, but still not there after 18 years.

But... things have changed a lot in the last 24hours.

Got talking to a guy near me who's in a similar position. He was denied a the grade promotion I'm looking at because he wasn't at the necessary officer lever to get that grade at the time, so they brought someone else in.
This is such bullshit for two reasons.
1) They promoted someone else to that grade in December, before they promoted him to that officer level in March.
2) He should have been at the necessary officer level but his manager missed the deadline to apply and they cycle is only once a year. So he only got that officer level in March 17 and not March 16.
(Not sure how he didn't quite and torch the place)

So that was my mind 100% made up yesterday that I was moving.

Then I come in to the office this morning to the news that the guy who offered me the job has resigned. And at his level, he was walked out of the building and put on gardening leave!
I'm not totally screwed, but it means I'll have to interview for the job on Friday with the other manager in that group.

I got pulled aside by someone in another team yesterday, who I don't really know at all. Said he wouldn't say it to anyone, but he heard from a partner at my old firm (who he bumped into at some party at the weekend) that I was out in the market.. considering I've not spoken to anyone at that level yet, surprising to hear that.

I got pulled aside by someone in another team yesterday, who I don't really know at all. Said he wouldn't say it to anyone, but he heard from a partner at my old firm (who he bumped into at some party at the weekend) that I was out in the market.. considering I've not spoken to anyone at that level yet, surprising to hear that.

Dublin is too small a city...

Not the worst thing though is it? Now if they want to keep you they'll probably offer you something.